Political Science Quarterly

Political Science Quarterly is an American double blind peer-reviewed academic journal covering government, politics, and policy, published since 1886[1] by the Academy of Political Science. Its editor-in-chief is Robert Y. Shapiro (Columbia University).[2] Each issue consists of five or six articles as well as up to 40 book reviews.

Political Science Quarterly
DisciplinePolitical science
LanguageEnglish
Edited byRobert Y. Shapiro
Publication details
History1886–present
Publisher
FrequencyQuarterly
2.675 (2020)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Political Sci. Q.
NLMPolit Sci Q
Indexing
ISSN0032-3195 (print)
1538-165X (web)
LCCN07036315
JSTOR00323195
OCLC no.785797935
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According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 2.675, ranking it 60th out of 183 journals in the category "Political Science."[3] According to the SCImago Journal Rank, the PSQ has a score of 1.025, ranking it 159 out of 1316 journals in the category "Sociology and Political Science."[4]

History

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Political Science Quarterly was established in 1886 by John W. Burgess (Columbia University), the Academy's first president, with the active involvement of New York publisher George A. Plimpton.

Demetrios James Caraley, political scientist at Columbia University, served as the editor of the journal for 43 years from 1973 to 2020.

References

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  1. ^ Elisabeth Gayon (1985). "Guide documentaire de l'étudiant et du chercheur en science politique". In Madeleine Grawitz [in French]; Jean Leca [in French] (eds.). Traité de science politique (in French). Presses Universitaires de France. p. 305. ISBN 2-13-038858-2.
  2. ^ "Political Science Quarterly". psqonline.org. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
  3. ^ "Political Science Quarterly". Wiley Online Library. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
  4. ^ "Journal Rankings on Sociology and Political Science". scimagojr.com. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
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